[Announce-DAN] dan, etc.

["Val Phillips" <phillips_val@hotmail.com>]

Hi Folks,

I was away for a week (conveniently not in town to co-facilitate that last 
meeting :)).  While away, I was a given a heads-up about the meeting and 
some of the e-dialogue that's been going on about it since.  I was deeply 
dreading coming home.  I was half-inclined when I got on-line just to empty 
my in-box without reading anything.  Play ostrich until it all just goes 
away.

But I've been trying that with Palestine for about six years now, and we see 
how THAT's worked.  So, instead, I plowed through it all.  At the end of it, 
I find that rather than needing the bottle of TUMS I brought with me to 
work, I feel relieved.  This has been, and continues to be, a difficult, 
painful mess.  But I have to say, I am truly honored to know all of you who 
have partaken in the e-discussion, the off-line discussions, the 
meetings--small and large, public and private, and have been trying--in 
various ways--to sort through this.   It is a gesture of the deepest respect 
for the children unborn to continue trying, to continue the dialogue, to 
speak truth as you understand it, no matter what.   You all teach me, and 
for that I am truly grateful.

Thank you all for being who you are, and above all, being honest and taking 
risks.  You inspire me, and you make me feel truly, happily, at home.

Val
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